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Now in its 12th year, the London Short Film Festival is on now and runs until January 18th. This year, it’s as confrontational as ever, proving that the UK is truly a hotbed of film creativity. LSFF is an annual event that presents the best in UK short film-making talent. For a couple of weeks […]

Want to work in film and television? The Production Guild’s Runner Training is designed to prepare you for working in the film and television industry. The next course is commissioned by Film London for London Residents and will take place on 28 – 29 January 2015 at Rich Mix, Venue 1, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, […]

Raw Shorts, the programme of short courses from the BFI, is running a one-day course on how to get your film promoted and distributed on Saturday January 17th 2015. The course is for 15- to 25-year-olds only and tickets are £6 or £10 for two if you bring a friend. Tickets go on sale online […]

There are a series of film showings coming up at historic Leighton House in Kensington as part of the annual Nour Festival of Arts. The Festival shines a light on the very best in contemporary Middle Eastern and North African arts and culture. It takes place in venues across the Royal Borough of Kensington and […]

The nationwide Into Film Festival is now underway and running until Friday November 21st with screenings, Q&As and workshops for young film buffs and filmmakers all over the UK – and it’s all free! Bookings are still open for the festival, but places are filling up fast. Venues in West London include The Gate Notting […]

London Mayor Boris Johnson hailed the success of film making in London at the BFI London Film Festivals at the world premiere of Testament of Youth on October 14th. The film stars Kit Harington and Alicia Vikander, pictured above. Speaking on before the screening, the mayor heralded London as a booming centre for production and […]

Boost Award If you have an idea for an exciting and ambitious film event Film London’s Boost Award may be able to help with screening fees, take care of film transport or bring over a guest speaker to make your screening extra special. The £3,000 fund also facilitates new partnerships between Hub Members to help […]

The 8th Lichtspielklub British Shorts Film Festival, held in Berlin, is now looking for submissions. Berlin British Shorts runs from 16th to 19th January 2015 at the Sputnik Kino and other venues around the city. The Festival showcases the most exciting, funny, strange and thrilling short films from the home of dirty weather. All genres […]

Production company RIVERFILM is running a sci-fi very short film competition with a £1,000 prize. The company wants to see a 16-second science fiction film that reworks, reinvents or reimagines classic sci-fi movie conventions. Entrants are invited to include anything from space travel, time travel, teleportation, futuristic technologies, aliens, androids, spaceships, UFOs, parallel universes, wormholes, […]

DOWNLOAD PROGRAMME HERE Here it is, the document you’ve been waiting for all year, the full programme for the 19th Portobello Film Festival! As always, the Festival is a superb smorgasbord of all that’s best in independent film from London, the UK and the world. As well as comprehensive listing of all films, the programme […]